Institute for the Study of the Americas

About Us

Featured Events

The Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge of the Latin American experience in the Western Hemisphere. It builds on a long-standing and distinguished tradition of scholarly interest in the diverse regions that make up Latin America, including Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

3 Building Connections: The Changing Face of Romance Studies Historical Memory and Human Rights: A Discussion with Michèle Montas and Duke Librarians in Celebration of Duke University's Acquisition of the Radio Haiti Archives The Rotarian Expansion and the Raise of Local Agency in Cuba, 1888-1958. 2nd Annual Global Africana Conference--Water, Health and Environment: Experiences from African, African American, and Diaspora Geographies 2014 Haitian Film Series: Deported

4 Building Connections: The Changing Face of Romance Studies 2nd Annual Global Africana Conference--Water, Health and Environment: Experiences from African, African American, and Diaspora Geographies

5 Building Connections: The Changing Face of Romance Studies 2nd Annual Global Africana Conference--Water, Health and Environment: Experiences from African, African American, and Diaspora Geographies

8 SPAN 327 Open Class: Indigenous and Black Decolonial Thinking at UNC-CH

14 Global Challenges and Opportunities in Cuba-EVENT CANCELED

15 Race in Mexico and the United States: The Role of Migration

17 Remapping the City and the Nation: Cadernos Negros and the Favela Renaissance in Contemporary Brazilian Literature

Remapping the City and the Nation: Cadernos Negros and the Favela Renaissance in Contemporary Brazilian Literature

Please join us for a talk with Silvia Regina Lorenso Castro, PhD. Dr. Lorenso received her Ph.D in Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Cultures from the University of Texas, at Austin, in 2013. Her dissertation focused on the role that poetry has played in the formation of new identities, and forms of cultural agency and how poetry and literacy have transformed communities in peripheral-urban areas. Read her full bio.

The event will be held on April 17, 2014 in Toy Lounge on the 4th floor of Dey Hall at 3:15pm.

The event is sponsored by UNC-CH’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.

View all »